Asian Studies Courses
Summer 2008 Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Courses taught in English
Arabic Chinese Hebrew
Hindi-Urdu Japanese
Korean Persian
Crosslisted courses
Other courses of interest
Courses taught in English
ARAB 151: Survey of Arabic Literature, Yaqub, TR 12:30-1:45
ASIA 056: First-Year Seminar: Writing Women in Modern China, Visser, TR 12:30-1:45
ASIA 089 : First Year Seminar: Dis-Orienting the Orient (3). Driscoll, TR 9:30-10:45
ASIA 152: Survey of South Asian Cultural History, Lothspeich, MW 3:00-4:15
ASIA 261: India Through Western Eyes, Lothspeich, TR 3:30-4:45
ASIA 451 (FREN 451/INTS 451): Orientalist Fantasies and Discourses on the Other, Amer, TR 11:00-12:15
ASIA 460: Sex, Crime and Corruption in East and Southeast Asia, Hewison, M 4:00-6:30
ASIA 490-001: has been cancelled
CHIN 150: Introduction to Chinese Civilization, Hsiao, MW 4:30-5:45
CHIN 354: Chinese Culture Through Calligraphy, Li, W 3:00-5:30
JAPN 161: Geisha in History, Fiction, & Fantasy, Bardsley, MWF 1:00-1:50
JAPN 261: Japanese Theater, Bardsley, MWF 3:00-3:50
Arabic courses
ARAB 102-001: Elementary Arabic II, Isleem, TR 9:30-10:45, recitation required
ARAB 102-002: Elementary Arabic II, Isleem, TR 11:00-12:15, recitation required
ARAB 102-003: Elementary Arabic II, Isleem, TR 3:30-4:45, recitation required
ARAB 204-001: Intermediate Arabic II, Asfour, TR 9:30-10:45, recitation required
ARAB 204-002: Intermediate Arabic II, Asfour, TR 8:00-9:15, recitation required
ARAB 223: Conversational Arabic, Isleem, TR 2:00-3:15
ARAB 306: Advanced Arabic II, Yaqub, TR 9:30-10:45
ARAB 308: Arabic LAC recitation (1 cr.), W 12:00-12:50
* Linked to ARAB 151, ASIA 451, HIST 276, and POLI 195
Chinese courses
CHIN 102-001: Elementary Chinese II, MWF 11:00-11:50, recitation required
CHIN 102-002: Elementary Chinese II, Chen, MWF 12:00-12:50, recitation required
CHIN 102-003: Elementary Chinese II, MWF 2:00-2:50, recitation required
CHIN 102-004: Elementary Chinese II, MWF 3:00-3:50, recitation required
* This section may be cancelled.
CHIN 102-005: Elementary Chinese II, Zhou, MWF 1:00-1:50, recitation required
CHIN 204-001: Intermediate Chinese II, Chen, MWF 10:00-10:50, recitation required
CHIN 204-002: Intermediate Chinese II,
MWF 2:00-2:50, recitation required
CHIN 204-003: Intermediate Chinese II,
MWF 3:00-3:50, recitation required
CHIN 212: Intermediate Written Chinese, MWF 1:00-1:50
CHIN 212: Intermediate Written Chinese, MWF 3:00-3:50
* This section will probably be cancelled.
CHIN 306-001: Advanced Chinese Conversation & Composition, Zhou, MWF 10:00-10:50
CHIN 306-002: Advanced Chinese Conversation & Composition, Zhou, MWF 2:00-2:50
* CHIN 306 (both sections) will have a focus on Business Chinese this semester.
CHIN 408: Readings in Modern Chinese II, Visser, TR 9:30-10:45
CHIN 414: Advanced Reading & Composition, Li, TR 2:00-3:15
CHIN 510: Introduction to Classical Chinese, Hsiao, MW 3:00-4:15
CHIN 590: Ancient Sages and Modern Celebrity, Yue, TR 3:30-4:45
Hebrew courses
HEBR
102-001: Elementary Modern Hebrew II, Friedman, MWF 12:00-12:50
HEBR 102-002: Elementary Modern Hebrew II, Friedman, MWF 2:00-2:50
HEBR 204: Intermediate Modern Hebrew II, Friedman, MWF 1:00-1:50
HEBR 306: Advanced Modern Hebrew II, Friedman, MW 3:00-4:15
Hindi-Urdu courses
HNUR 102-001: Elementary Hindi-Urdu II, Taj, MW 5:00-6:15, recitation required
HNUR 102-002: Elementary Hindi-Urdu II, Parveen, MWF 11:00-11:50, recitation required
HNUR 204: Intermediate Hindi-Urdu II, Parveen, MWF 12:00-12:50, recitation required
HNUR 221: Urdu Script (1 cr.), Caldwell, W 6:30-7:20
HNUR 306: Advanced Hindi-Urdu II, Parveen, MWF 1:00-1:50
Japanese courses
JAPN
102-001: Elementary Japanese II, Kato, MWF 11:00-11:50, recitation required
JAPN 102-002: Elementary Japanese II, Kato, MWF 12-12:50, recitation required
JAPN 102-003: Elementary Japanese II, Sawamura, MWF 2:00-2:50, recitation required
JAPN 102-004: Elementary Japanese II, Sawamura, MWF 3:00-3:50, recitation required
JAPN 204-001: Intermediate Japanese II, Aratake, MWF 10:00-10:50, recitation required
JAPN 204-002: Intermediate Japanese II, Aratake, MWF 11:00-11:50, recitation required
JAPN 306: Topics in Japanese Society and Culture (3rd year), Kubota, TR 3:30-4:45
JAPN 410: Topics in Contemporary Japanese Literature, Aratake, M 6:00-8:30
JAPN 590-001: Advanced Topics in Japanese Language & Literature, Kato, W 3:00-5:30
Korean courses
KOR 102: Elementary Korean II, Jo, TR 11:00-12:15, recitation required
KOR
204: Intermediate Korean II, Jo, TR 2:00-3:15, recitation required
Persian courses
PRSN 102: Elementary Persian II, Naeymi-rad, MWF 10:00-10:50
PRSN 204: Intermediate Persian II, Kamarei, MWF 12:00-12:50
Crosslisted courses
ANTH 574-001 (ASIA 574, RELI 574) has been cancelled
ANTH 586-001 (ASIA 586) has been cancelled
CMPL 379-001 (ASIA 379): Cowboys, Samurai and Rebels in Film and Fiction,
I. Brodey, MW 10:00-10:50, recitation required
ECON 469-001 (ASIA 469): Western and Asian Economic Systems, S. Rosefielde, MWF 11:00-11:50
GEOG 267-001 (ASIA 267): Tropical Asia, M. Meade, TR 12:30-1:45
HIST 136-001 (ASIA 136): South Asia since 1750, Y. Saikia, TR 11:00-12:15
HIST 276-001 (ASIA 276) : Modern Middle East,
S. Shields, TR 11:00-12:15
HIST 281-001 (ASIA 281, PWAD 281) : The Pacific War, 1937-1945: Its Causes and Legacy, W.M. Fletcher, TR 3:30-4:45
HIST 287-001 (ASIA 287): Japan's Modern Revolution, D. Botsman, MWF 9:00-9:50
RELI 181-001 (ASIA 181): Later Islamic Civilization and Modern Muslim Cultures, O. Safi, TR 12:30-1:45
RELI 583-001 (ASIA 583): Religion and Culture in Iran, C. Ernst, TR 11:00-12:15
Other courses of interest
ANTH 375-001: Memory, Massacres, and Monuments in Southeast Asia, Wiener, TR 11:00-12:15
* This course counts toward the Asian Studies interdisciplinary major/minor, in the Social Science category
ART 290-004: Islamic Palaces, Gardens, and Court Culture, G. Anderson, MWF 9:00-9:50
* This course counts toward the Asian Studies interdisciplinary major/minor, in the Humanities category
CLAR 241-001: Archeology of the Ancient Near East, G. K. Sams, TR 9:30-10:45
DRAM 475-001: African and Asian Costume, J. Bettin, TR 9:30-10:45
HIST 393-006: Israel/Palestine Conflict, S. Shields, T 2:00-4:50
HIST 490-001: America's Pacific Wars: From the Phillippines to Vietnam, M. H. Hunt, MWF 3:00-3:50
HIST 490-002: Gender in Chinese History, M. King, R 2:00-4:50
HIST 490-004: Muslim Identity in South Asia, Y. Saikia, TR 3:30-4:45
POLI 195-004: Europe and the Middle East, E. Edwards, TR 2:00-3:15
RELI 288-001: Chinese Religions, B. Ambros, TR 11:00-12:15
RELI 480-001: Modern Muslim Literatures, P. Wright, M 3:00-5:50
RELI 584-001: The Qur'an as Literature, C. Ernst, R 2:00-4:50
Last updated: 2 May 2008